The Sun. — London, England, 1810-09-24 00:00:00

now ti 'fished. There are frequent saluting between •!. an,! Fort fAiis; as also from the woiks W.hich they are throwing up behind the ruins of Matagorda, 311(4 particula:ly as night, when the boats Pre passing• to and from the island, it being more than, within point blank shot, so much so, that a horse was shot lately on the road to the isle; and - a• man badly wounded. My ebachman droAe • in a hurry, until he got beyond the range, but they do not tire at individeals, find thcse %%ere shot that, rangerkin. (lb em ion not hitting Pontales. • .416105i l will have heard that the 79th and 88th re:vim:Ws - Of infantry, and 13th light dragoonS, embarked here for Lisbon, at a few hours notice, pn the 17'h, and sailed that day. Various were the conjeinures'of die, natives here, sorricl saying we in, iendel to abandon them, &c. There certainly are some partizans of the enemy here, but the great body of the people appears to be patriotic. Five ships of the line That tl,e Spanish had here, sailed a few days ago, accompanied by two of our ships, 'for Aljuibrc3. " We expeB a convoy off here every moment from the Mediterranean. The French celebrated th e bir.th-day. of ;Nl,lpoleon in a grand manner, by Royal s, &c: and had Puerto Santa Maria 11,,ta, Sc.c. grandly iiluminwed, and vv bleb had a tine area from this; but we disturbed them a little at one of the forts of _Santa Maiia, by sending them it new shells.. Though the dog-Lily's have been eery hot, yet, thank G, d; no s'aness prev:tils., I do not re co lest to have seen a burial since I came here.. In our army the sic': are not many, 'in comparison to Ire climate, &c. none dying ; the complaints are chiefly a .dyst fiery, and pains in the bowels. There are accouu s that Rowana, With a lar.;e force, is marching on &Ville. •`l have seen a letter from General Joseph O'Dannell, two days ago, to. his wife here, stating * that they were going against the enemy. He writes from . Alotedri, in the neighbourhood of Liidajog ? Ye sterday a Proclamation was issued, ordeiing all the emigrants here, and in the island, to retire to . their r,s;.etti‘e provinces, if not occupied by the enemy. A great plenty.of every necessary of life continues to come in from all quavers ; things are dear, but abundance of every ciing, (roils, - Sze. from Valencia and Portugal; and some cattle from Gal &c. M , at has fallen greatly ; goOd beef live teaks aellen per pound of 52 ounces ; mutton four and a (painter realeS ; and 48 quarters of bread, good • in kind:four and a quintet reales velfen. There is a plenttlul fish-market, but ucar tor this country, or rater according to former limes. " Tlh•re are various conjectures on the residence of the Duke of Orleans here. Some say he is look i% to the Regency on the assemoling of the Cones. The ele,tioneering bore is over, and different Drpu, ties are art iced trim abroad ; that is, from she other ptovntees : the. people look to some 11 , 4a13:e changes from is, for this Government is not. iked. There are treqUent accounts of hara.sing attacks on the enemy in the inlet tor, in the beginning of July, near Sighanza. One thousatiti infantry and 4ao horse were attacked by an interior ftirce; they host 150 IVLijor-General Palotoi came up, and has the town completely invested." ' MAI S. Alex Iv ED-2 Gotten:tuto, 2 Dublin, '2 ‘VAterford. I.)tut—i t Ltsbuii, t Dublin, t V./au:mond. I ( F, 01. STOCK S THIS NAY A T 'rwaLvt O'CLOCK. - 1 66 f i Oinuium - 51 Cf.m.sol - 'I I_, U' N. soLnm QUIS 13ICIRE . TALSUM AUDLAT ? LND 0 N MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1810. Captain BUCHANAN, of die navy, arrived early this morning at the Admiralty, with Dispatches from Rear-Admiral DRURY,. brought in the Christiana Packet. • She left Madras on the Bth of May, in company with his Majesty's ships DioMede, and Ceylon, extra-ship tkilliam Pitt, and 14 sail of transports, with about 4000 troops; for Roderiguez. She left the 'convoy all well on the Ist of June, at 5.P.M. p lat. 5 dig. S. and long. 43 deg. 97 tn. E. with a fine breeze at N. W. which it was supposed would carry them into the S. E. trade. The Christiana anchored in Table Bay on the 11th Julj', half past five, P. M. Landed her dis patches, and on the 12th having received dispatches from the Governor and Admiral, weighed arid made sail. The Otter, S. W. also arrived in Table Bay o* the i Ith with dispatches from the I le of France, in which ship Captain FLINDEItS had come pas senger, having been released by the enemy. The Christiana arrived_ at Si: Helena the 30th July at half past IOA. M. On the 2d August, the extra ship Milliam Pitt arrived . ; &tiled from St. He lena, on sth August, at 1 i A.M.; on 12th Sept. fell in with his Majesty's ships Diadem and Reg ulus ; and at t i A. M. was boarded by 'the. Regulus's boat, late at neon!, 41:)15. N. and long. 31. 15. W. per.chro nometer, the wind about . S.S.E. blowing fresh—all be i althy, In both ships. The dispatches from India contain intelligence of the surrender of the Dutch Settlement of Amboyna, on the'i7th . of February, to a detachment of an European regiment, and of artillery from Matiaas, toether with 300 seamen and marines from his 14- j'esty's Arips Dover, Cornwollis,:and Samarang. This valuable capture was made with the loss of five then only killed, and 'nine men and one, Officer wounded. The following is the list of Dutcli sliipS and vessels of war taken biy the'squ'adron.un der the command of Capt. Ty CKER, of the ,Darer, V.Z. • Gluts. Men, A4atuflring . . . . 16 66 ltunbatg . . Hope . . -A Cutter ' . , . , 12 • , hlArciou3e 4 . . '. 12 22s Sanpon • • . , to • Itlargaretta Louisa. . 8 In addition to foltyTnine merchant vessels of dif ferent descriptions, being ;elrell ships, five brigs, fifteen sloops, three jutit., and nineteen prows, many of tham richly Wen. . Lord MINTO was to leave Madras for Bengal the ad of May, in the,Akdeste Frigate. Gen. HEWITT ariived at Madrass about a week previous to the sailing of the Sarah-Citristiuna. , The Siirah Christiana East Indiaman arrived yes terday at PortSmouth. She sailed from Bettgal on the 3d of March, and arrived at M. •.ras on the 17th, where she was detained for dispatches till the Sill of May, when she got under way with the Hon. COM p:iny's ship Willi= Pitt and the Bourbon Expedi tion.. She parted company on the Ist of June, in fat: 4. 15. and E..long. 94. 41. being charged , with dis patches foethe Cape of Good Hope anchored iri TAble 14 on the 11th Joiy,.sailed the tollowing day, and i , rriv:td at St. HelcitA un ihe 3.oth. The Ciren cester East Indianaan sailed,a few hours after,.and the William Pitt came in on the 2d of :August ; sailed flow St. Helena the sth of August, spoke his Ma jesty's ships Regulus and Diadem, boundior Halifax , : with troops, op the 12th ult. in fat. 41. 45. and W. 10ng,.31. 13. On the igth ult. in lat: 49, 24. E. aid W. long. 9. 3. fell in with his Majesty's ship Rota, Capt. SOMERVILLE,' who gave convoy. The Georgiana packet sailed hom Madras, with the Governor-General's baggage,- &c . . on the 6th or 7th of May, and his Lordship wai to follow, in the Modeae frigate, On the Bth of May, after his hold ing a levee. \ The Euphrates has struck on a rock, in goitag out, of False Bay ; she would sail fur Ind►a about the 251 h of July. The ILilliam Pill was to sail from St. Helena on the evening of the sth of Angus!, or ihe morning of the 6th. The Bout bon Expedii ion consisted of the 69th and 86th regiments, and detachments twin the 1216, 33d, and 89th, a company of Artillery, and the sth and lgth Native Infantry, making a.force of about 8500 Europeans, and 2000 native troops. Col. Canipbcll cOnimanded the Light Brigade ; Cul. Faxsca was then senior officer, but Col. KEATING would Com mand on their arrival at' Roderique. The Doris, Diomob, and Ceylon ships of war accompanied the expedition. We this day received Barbadoe, Newspapers and Pi ivate Letter, of the i ith and 12th - ult. from which we have made an extraa-which will be found in another part of our Paperi , This morning a Gottenturgh Mail arrived, and the intelligence which . it brings is important. When BEKNAnorrE was nominated Crown Prince of Swe den, we predided that .he would take care not to wait Jong for the crown. , We dii not expeel, how ever, that be would be quite so rapid in his move ments, and that our prediction would be so soon verified. It is stated in a letter from Orebro, that if the present King's health " des not undorgo such an improvement as will admit of his attending to • . • the weighty concerns of the State, we may perhaps soon witness the adoption y an important measure intimatelyaffeaing the interest of this' Kingdom," or, in other words, the Duke Of SUDEUMANLI will be compelled to resign . his usurped crown to BERN DOTTB i and then, if his life be spared hind, lie will have leisure to reflect upon his own hoizeuratte and loyal condo& to his lawfulSovereigiL • Letters from Copenhagen ihention a report- of a Treaty of Alliance, offensive aed defensive, having been concluded between Austria and France, the object of which is a war with Russia. This is not improbable. BUONAPARTE, now that the Emperor of RUSSIA has answered his purposes, may be in dined to realise the plan published many years ago by HAIJTERIVE, under his diredion, of dividing the Russian Empireinto two Kingdoms, and 'mak ing Petersbuegh 'the Capital of one, and Moscow of the other. It is also reported that BUONAPARTE has demanded permis,ion of the Danish Govern ment to send 5,000 men 'into the Island of Zealand which has been positively refused. Negotiations for peace are said to have, com menced between Russia and .the Porte, but it is added, that hostilities - have commenced between Russia and Persia. - The .Gazette of Saturday contains the Dispatches of Captain COCKBURN. They confirm the accounts which we have been enabled to lay before our 'readers respeaisg the Expedition from Cadiz. The public, we are sure, will rrad with pleasure the high eulo gium of Captain COCKBURN on the bravery and un common.exertions of the Spaniards and their gallant Cmmander. We have. noticed the success &Rt. attended the of the Expednipn to the -Persian under the orders of Captaiu WNwarissie and ' Colonel. LIONEL &mint. By the Charles Grant we have received letters from Bombay to-the 20th Of April, which_ mention the return of the arna= meat to that port (accompanied by • the Chi Anne and Caroline frigates), after the complete accom.S plishment of the object of it. The following letter contains the eperatio•-s of the, Expedition, s,ubse qeetitly to :hose we have before settee : " BOMBAY, APRIL 20, 1810 —When -I wrpte .you fro - at Muscat, 1. thought I should, have nothing more to relate in the fighting way, as we had only .Shims and Cove Ch'ilba to attack, which places we thought .coetemptible •holds of the Whabee'Phates, and could be brought to terms by, treaty ; but we . were greaCy mistaken.. On the 24th of December we sailed from Muscats' and were joined the next clay at Buska by his Highness the Leann), with three of his ships and forty trankeys (boats for land- - Mg troops, on a beach). ) " We anchored off , Shims on the 31st, and on , New year's day, we opened a heavy cannonading. The troops of the Imaum (about 2500) landed in the night, And set fire to all the huts and houses; the inhabitants, to the amount of 1200, having shut themselves up in fort; kept up a irly heavy fire of musquetry all night. The Whabees kept -rep a loud howling- doting ifie night, as is the,r custom, when surrounded by an enemy. The next morn ing a party of, the enemy rushkl out from, the woods, and were. immediately attacked by the Imautit's cavalry, in the most desperate manner. This little skirmish cost the Imatun - eight killed and a number wounded. Our troops were not able to atis as those of the lmauni were between Ahem \ and the enemy. 'Finding it impOssiblelo take the fort without making a breach, we malethe neces sary preparationS with ships' guns; sand bags, &c. for the purpose. After several hours 4oinbardment, the southernmost tower fell in, and 'a breach was effeeted in the wall ; the enemy all the time' keeping op'si fire of musquetry. ',The storming party mount ed the breech, and fought their way along the wall to take possession of the northerntuaAt low tower, ; driving the enemy into the high one. " Three guns, were by this tirne advanced up to the gate, beating the enemy out of the tort, many - of whom, in attempting to escape by. letting them selves dawn with ropes, were cut toctsiscss : by the troops ; and a most shOCking,sceee of hu man. carnage and 'merciless cruelty ensued.' .The pirates stilt held-our, ihrough desperation, and it wa s in rain we entreated 'them to give themselves up. They for 'some time reinsed querter, sup posing we were as cruel as their common enemy, the Imaum of Muscat, who never spaies a life; and„ :afterthe fret had surrendered, it was with mu, It difficulty we kept his troops from cutting the pri soners •to pieces. From 6to 700 lay dead in and about the fort, most dreadfully mangled. One hurt dr, d and twenty Men,.wornen, and children, were taken prisoners; Most of them wounded 'in several ' pl ices. Three hundred of the Itnautn's traops were killed, and about 200 of the Jowassims. Ots the '.5111 of January the British troops re-embarked their loss is 'very small. One seaman of the Chif finite was slightly wounded.' We hae since visited the piratical torts of Rumps, Tuzeera, Humra, goo, &c. but such has been the impression made .on the mindi of those cruel depredators, by. the 'operations of the British armament, that the people of the several towns on the Arabian and Persian shores have burin all their large , vessels, according to' agreement ; and it gives rise much satisfadesn to 'say, that the service has been most cOmpletely, ef fected, and the Persian Gulph is now,, totally Irse from those inhuman wretches, who have so long infested it, in violkion of every principle of law and feeling of humanity. Beivery and humanity were . so.urrned in this expedition, that it called tOrth the acknowledgments of savages, and cannot fail to , leave.a favourable impression of the British charac ter, even 'hi that barbarous country. The steady conduct of Lieut. Leslie (first of the Chlfunne)•in every aiduous part of the service, was particularly observed by every person about him. The people of Rasul libima gave a curious desci iption.of the attack : we made on that place, 'Our men marching in corn-- patties, they said, were 'chained together; that our boats hose devils at them ,(shells which burst amongst them) ; that the devil loaded our soldiers' gnus; for we never ceased - firing' (this was when the companies fired together) ; and that we had se veral sdiliq guns, which hoVe large•devils into the town, and killed e great many people (these were our field-pieces). Tee Chiffonne is re-fittitig here (Bonibay), to take a convoy, to China. The Russel is expeaed to go home ,with the Ostober fieet,— The Belliqueux is about to return home. Tise He- . cute, Capt. Buchanan, is arritedl at Madras, with dispatches from England." We have recently seen some paragraphs, in dif ferent papers,- reflecting, in a manner equally un just and filiberal, upon Mr. COLMAN; -for not avail ing himself of the permission' of the Lord Cham berlain, to continue the Haymarket Theatre open for a month longer. We do not profess to be much acquainted with the affairs of that, or any other Theatre ; but it must be obvious to every person of common sense, that to keep open a Theatre-without a -Company . likelyao attract an audience, could not prove a very profitable speculation. By the open ing of the Winter Theatres, theHaYniarket TiTeatre was deprived of all its leading perfortners—Messts. O. KEMBLE, MATHEWS,' LISTON, JONES, FARLEY, TAYLoR, Mrs. GIBBS, Mrs. DAVENPORT, Mrs. Lls- TON, Mrs. GLOVER, &c. Alter such a defalcation, could the remainder have played with any chance of success ? If there had appeared to Mr. COLMAN any rational ground to hope that the•continuing the' Theatre open fur a month longer, under the above circumstances; would have been produaive of ade vantage to himself and the other proprietors, it is absure to suppose be would not have availed him self of the Lord - Chamberlain's permission, arid, from that Genttemati's acknowledged abilities, and long experience, we should presume that he is rather more likely to form a correct judgment upon the subjea, than the anonymous/ author of the para- . graphs in question. The ed Battalion of the 36th is on its march for Harsh:au Bat-racks. COTTENBuncri OREM - to, • „,i;,a of his Majesty rendering hiS return lc) the will lave this the day .'after to ' •morrow. , The Crown Prince is eipetted here the beginning of next month—should the health of 1 1 •MAt.sty not unlergo such. an ,iturovefuent a 5 adpiii:of his atien k ting io the weighty concert's o ' t the State, we may pell..l)s soon witne,s the , ILl° l 4 )° Lou of an. imporfaiit nie,4ure, intionitely the intereA ofithis.kingdoin. , From recent accog i ' ll it would appear that the demolition 9t Sweaborg cornmencrli ; those who are itichled vitow , e Qer f thing in the must favourable light, alre.tdy .i)e". 631 in this circumstance a ftee . dis'i,osiiiou Qil tbe,P - a r of Russia to restore Finland. GOTTENBURGH, SHPT. IL—Letters received b/ to-4:l4's post from Copenhagen m:nlion a rePa current in that city, of a treaty of al:iance ()geol.° and defensive, • having ben concluded bct wccri Austim and Fiance, the obje6t of whicll is sai d 19 be a war with Russia. • , . EXTRACT' OF A LETTER FROM COPENHAGEN, V'VrEl) • lUTti SERTEm.BEtt. "I have just time to noi ice a rumour of a derPa having been Made by the Frvneri Goveriimeut (° th 25,000 troops to' pass through Holstein to t. ) island, which has been iefused in the most percc•ir • tory manner." • TRIESTE, AUG. 14. 11l the night of the. I inst. the English, hav4 paid' us, a second vi,:t 0 i ll/ the Congreve Rockets, tuo - dozen oi which threw in the dite6tion of the itew Lazaretto, W berd - - the six, formerly Russian ships of war, lay at abc , ' unrigged. The whole bombardment passed without daMage. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM BAR BA DOES, D'" AUG. 12. 5' His Excellency Sir GEottOa BEcxwiTti, w bvs° arrival. we lately noticed, was received wit'' Ile warmest acclamations on his landing by - a os l Colla course 'of speaiatars. He walked in. procession 11 ' ° ' 11 „ f t; the what f to. the , church, wht.4e divine servic e ''' ' r perforrned,: - and a suitable discourse delivered , aft , e which hts Excellency went to the Goverorli." iv ri HOUSd to Le sworn in. grand dinner was g la on the same day, and another on the day after,. co' ;honour of the occasion, at_ the eXpence of the lony. About a hundred and sixty of the P ril ' cil . 7 , persons of the Island were present at these 'SP Ic r$ ch%l enteriptinments, consisting of military '‘ ) li e and civilians, as, well as of the chief On.- the first. day, among the loyal' and O tri ` l ; toasts, the following, in compliment. to Sir G 5°.3- 3 13EckWITH, vas given, and received with 331) reiterated applause. " To the man v% ho for the first - time in the British ant!:,ls: has reduced by Corquest thd wnole ut the encii‘ , 's v oJs 4 ' s ' ;in the VVesran,Hewisphere." " • bO t Sir GEORGE expressed his thanks in a brie, ;LP, .. emphatic manner ; and the whole of these i)air— festivals were marked by good humour tio d c ' tl diality. • On Saturday morning the Duke of Yott K ° rI A 1 at 'Windsor, and rode out with his M A J 6 sTY 1 i ;if' • Princesses AUGUSTA and SOPHIA, an airing to t r;il sor. Great Palk, till half past twelve. "j' Highness dined with her MAJESTY :411d t a l e Yr") ,jlll cesses,' and.paid a visit to Print.e,s s j • whom, he staid some time, and ill the evel'" 4 off for Oatlands. esi ef Yesterday morning his M AJ E STY , and Prl lc- t, - 1, 1 ( AUGUSTA•aIICI SOPHIA, accompanied by Lad i° At iPl and SYDNEY, Generals FITZROY and . WYN Y- u oil wenito — Si. - George's Chapel, and heard a 'e". preached by the Mr. biG BY. 00 (1 The,Spanish Deputies sailed . o n Friday al e lejl if gi , frorniPort3moutil, in the Sapphire, Captain D v v e‘t to the Caraceas. The. message, these Gen t i ct o o carry to the Revolutionary Colonies of spaiti j 5 siBt6 the British Government, in the present hopct l ' f :,4l/ of the Spanish cause, cannot countenance the ,der nies in et edit% for themselves a 'Governmen t pendent of the Mother Country. Rolm KT G °/4 , ° , Esq. is gone Out in the Sapphire, CO the r, mein of Berbice. • t•t' •O' t The accession of strength which Lord Wol'",l7tt Tor will in a few days receive am ount t ° 10 6 7000 men... The 4;h, 50th, 71st, and 9 are 0 0,/ regiments gene, and to.go, from Engiand; and 88th have been landed at Lisbon Irvin ` l ,. o rP i the Duke of •BnuNswicx OELS Cor" frail / and 23 , 1, from Holifal, , are on their p 355 6,3 Mutt AT has really abandoned ,the, intention : t ole/ vading Sicily,- (which seems eXtreineT pr‘,;"; two regiments will be w ittidrawn from oat /3 31 ; ( 1 , 3 0; On I..riday morning the 92d Highland teg'`jrev 0' left Canterbury for Deal, Rum •• hence 0) ' embark for Portugal. . . / tio oll The long•intended imprOvement D f the nav i o l o o l of the Thames; by the (urination of a Can a ' pr the Hog-Hole, near Daicheti ) . to the Bridge, Isleworth, is to be carried into ede el o l e' in the next year. It i 3 likewise intended In °:",: Canal, front Reading, communicate 0 1 ``th Thames at Taplow,. and In m . iltdoce 10 i',,, fr Grand Jundion Canal in the•parish Of Cavvi e rfo i LVliddlesex. Another Cut is intended 1 1. ° °1 1 bourn, near Newbury, to Old Bising,,for iii ing .the Kennet and AvQn Canal with "*" st,ke Canal. in The Canal from the Basin at l'aJdingin n ThaMes at Limehouse, through' ' tot/, Hackney, &c. is to be undeetatieo the spring. Cop y f, eats ►ls op Ci p the ' 1810. SIR 1 41 L Ydi ?rd h 1 ) 1 1 11 " s Por th e b on( r eceiv e d 4, "P. tict tr oups „, I) ," s °ner the , 11 at ) a t ( out ally. 4, I hay, t t'ister tnen, alt ~; , 4 kif R E tor, by uh c " 14 rrt k Publ `4lclibut r; `;'" I llt vi" 1: Payi tion o f tv— (4llly 0 113 cooli 1 - te, h ai l ) • 5.± Is now t o II is. if( alsure th ut t r I order 1 111 `O)( . ‘ 4ll l '"jul condi! lq!‘)ltatie SirR .G. C o i Ny Ills A;